http://www.raescreations.com/blog Get the scoop on what Rae's been creating Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:08:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As some of you might have noticed, my Etsy shop was closed from late June -- mid July, during which time I was on a tour of the US. Almost literally. Check out my itinerary: San Francisco, CA Columbus, OH Chicago, IL Philadelphia, PA Princeton, NJ New York, NY Monterey, CA San Jose, CA Let me just summarize by ... http://www.raescreations.com/blog/2008/back-from-the-tour-of-the-us/ I looked over my last post and realized: it's been over 2 months since my last blog entry. Some of you might have noticed that updates have been sparse in my Etsy shop as well. So what's been keeping Rae away from her fliers and wire spools, you ask? Well, classes. ... http://www.raescreations.com/blog/2008/just-where-has-rae-disappeared-to/ I regularly check up Kitco's silver price page. Today, silver price was $19.78/oz. It very well could be that tomorrow it'll go over the $20 mark. It's... pure insanity. I started jewelry making back when the price was measly $4+/oz, and that was only 6 years ago. At this price, ... http://www.raescreations.com/blog/2008/silver-price-insanity/ Truth be told, I can't keep my hands off labradorite. I buy too much labradorite. I spend too much time staring at and admiring my labradorite stones. I make too many labradorite pieces. As a result, I always have new labradorite pieces that are on a cue waiting to be ... http://www.raescreations.com/blog/2008/labradorite-galore/ I've been tagged, again! Last time I was tagged, it was by McFarland Designs, and I totally did not grasp the rule of the game. But this time, I am determined to get it right. So here it goes. So Cindy of Starry Designs challenged me (here and here) to ... http://www.raescreations.com/blog/2008/ive-been-tagged-2/ I love my necklaces small and simple, so mini solitaire necklaces featuring a single drop of colorful gemstone are just my style. Plus, I enjoy making that little coiled bail top on briolettes -- there is something extremely gratifying in topping little briolettes off this way. :-) There is no ... http://www.raescreations.com/blog/2008/new-mini-solitaire-necklaces/ My silver-loving customers, of which there are many, don't need to worry about a thing: the rustic beauty of oxidized silver is not lost on me (NEVER!). :-) I have a few new silver pieces coming up in my Etsy store. Additionally, most gold designs of mine can be made ... http://www.raescreations.com/blog/2008/new-designs-silver/ It's the beginning of another year, looking sharp, whole and pristine. It's tugging at me to make a fresh new set of resolutions. So here we go. I would like the year 2008 to be known as the year that I finally tamed my gemstone buying habits. As much as ... http://www.raescreations.com/blog/2008/new-years-resolutions/ I remember some years ago thinking to myself "What is she thinking???" when Dana Kellin went gold. And then, after all this time, it suddenly caught up on me: I am officially going through a gold phase. I have long been suspecting that silver isn't the right match to transparent ... http://www.raescreations.com/blog/2007/new-designs-gold/ The year 2007 is almost over! A whole month and another near-month came and went without a new blog post. You might have noticed that shop-keeping efforts to my Etsy shop were minimal during that time. There were some distractions: I moved mid-November to a new place, and I started ... http://www.raescreations.com/blog/2007/end-of-2007-coming-out-of-a-coma-new-photos/